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U N I O N U N I V E R S I T Y Undergraduate Catalogue Announcements For the One Hundred and Seventy-Ninth Year 2002–2003 Table of Contents President’s Message ................................................................................................. 3 An Overview ............................................................................................................. 4 Calendar ..................................................................................................................... 9 Student Life ............................................................................................................. 13 Academic Program ................................................................................................. 17 Admissions .............................................................................................................. 35 Financial Information ............................................................................................. 45 Organization of the Curriculum ........................................................................... 58 College of Arts & Sciences ..................................................................................... 59 Department of Art ........................................................................................... 60 Department of Biology ................................................................................... 66 Department of Chemistry and Physics ........................................................ 71 School of Christian Studies ............................................................................ 81 Department of Communication Arts ............................................................ 93 Department of Engineering ......................................................................... 101 Department of English .................................................................................. 106 Department of History and Political Science ............................................ 111 Department of Language ............................................................................. 119 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science ............................... 127 Department of Music .................................................................................... 137 McAfee School of Business Administration...................................................... 153 School of Education and Human Studies ......................................................... 166 Department of Education ............................................................................. 166 Teacher Education Program ......................................................................... 175 Department of Physical Education, Wellness, and Sport ........................ 181 Department of Psychology........................................................................... 192 Department of Sociology and Social Work ................................................ 196 Social Work Program .................................................................................... 201 School of Nursing ................................................................................................. 207 Special Programs .................................................................................................. 216 Adult Studies ................................................................................................. 216 College Life at Union .................................................................................... 235 Interdisciplinary Honors Studies ................................................................ 236 Institute for International and Intercultural Studies ................................ 240 Centers of the University.............................................................................. 243 Graduate Studies .................................................................................................. 245 Board of Trustees and Advisory Boards ............................................................ 247 Personnel................................................................................................................ 250 Index ....................................................................................................................... 261 President’s Message The decision of choosing a college is one of the most important decisions in life. It is a decision that impacts one’s future in a variety of ways. At Union University we are ready to help students enter the changing world of the 21st PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Century. The mission of Union University is to provide Christ-centered educa- tion that promotes excellence and character development in service to Church and society. Union University is committed to academic excellence. No, we are not a giant research institution, but Union is a learner-centered institution where class- room teaching is prized. We enable students to be grounded in the world of literature, values, ideals, history, ethics, arts, music, communication, and cre- ativity. The most important assets on the Union campus are our students and our well prepared, highly motivated faculty. We expect the faculty to model excellence for our students while challenging them to pursue excellence in all areas of their lives. Education at Union is not only excellence driven, it is Christ centered. This means more than having a campus minister and regular chapel programs— as important as these are. It means a commitment to the serious integration of faith and learning. This involves a holistic approach to education with the goal of having students who are both Christianly informed and Christianly formed. As you ponder the important decision of choosing a college, we invite 3 you to consider Union—a person-centered, student-oriented community. We invite you to consider Union—a university that is Baptist by tradition and evan- gelical by conviction. We invite you to consider Union—a community commit- ted to academic excellence under the Lordship of Christ. We invite you to con- sider Union—where the exciting process of higher education is alive and well to prepare you for a life of learning and service. David S. Dockery An Overview Statement of Purpose Identity and Mission Our Identity: Union University is an academic community, affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention, equipping persons to think Christianly and serve faithfully in ways con- sistent with its core values of being Christ-centered, people-focused, excellence-driven, and future-directed. These values shape its identity as an institution which prioritizes OVERVIEW liberal arts based undergraduate education enhanced by professional and graduate pro- grams. The academic community is composed of quality faculty, staff, and students working together in a caring, grace-filled environment conducive to the development of character, servant leadership, and cultural engagement. Our Mission: Union University provides Christ-centered higher education that promotes excel- lence and character development in service to Church and society. Core Values • Excellence-Driven: We believe that excellence, not mere compliance, is the goal of our teaching, our research, and our service. We are not motivated to excellence out of pride but out of a desire to do all things for God’s glory because He cares about our work and wants to be involved in everything we do. We will not be satisfied with mediocrity but will pursue excellence in all things. This means our truth claims carry 4 with them the challenge of living out that truth in the minutes and hours of our daily life. Thus we will pursue excellence, without arrogance. • Christ-Centered: A cohering core value of our guiding vision is a call to faith, a call to be Christ centered in all that we are and in all that we do. We will seek to build a Christian liberal arts based community where men and women can be introduced to an understanding and appreciation of God, His creation and grace, and to humanity’s place of privilege and responsibility in this world. We will seek to establish all as- pects of life and learning on the Word of God, leading to a firm commitment to Christ and His Kingdom. To be a Christ-centered institution calls for us to establish the priority of worship and service in the Christian life while seeking to develop a gen- eration of students who can be agents of reconciliation to a factious church in a hurt- ing and broken world. This commitment calls for all faculty and staff to integrate Christian faith in all learning and doing, based on the supposition that all truth is God’s truth and that there is no contradiction between God’s truth made known to us in Holy Scripture and that which is revealed to us through creation and natural revelation. • People-Focused: A third pillar on which we will build our common commitments is the core value of being people focused. At the heart of our commitment to being people focused is the visible demonstration of valuing one another. We will give honor to one another through our words and actions, and by committing to each person’s success. We therefore jointly commit ourselves to the success of Union Uni- versity. • Future-Directed: We will seek to maximize the windows of opportunity the Lord has presented to us to the greatest degree that resources allow. All of our resources and efforts must, by God’s grace, be maximized to fulfill our common mission. A commitment to being future directed